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Wisconsin’s certified string pinsetter pioneer on how first season has gone

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, January 17, 2025 9:00 am
Wisconsin’s certified string pinsetter pioneer on how first season has gone
Stephen, left, and Cassie Hoehnen, right, at a PBA Tour tournament. Photo by PBA.
With its ancient Brunswick A1 pinsetters, Foxx View Lanes in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha was in need of an upgrade. A major issue was that A1s lack the “preference” system A2s have that locks out balls so they can’t crash in the middle and cause ball return calls, said Stephen Hoehnen, who co-owns Foxx View with his wife Cassie. “It's havoc when you have any sort of open play because kids will roll the ball at the same time on (a pair of lanes), or in junior leagues...